Claude Akins
Claude Akins was born on May 25, 1926 in USA. Claude Akins's big-screen debut came with From Here to Eternity directed by Fred Zinnemann in 1953, strarring Sgt. 'Baldy' Dhom (uncredited). Claude Akins is known for Celebrity directed by Paul Wendkos, Ned Beatty stars as Otto Leo and Claude Akins as Uncle Bun Luther. The upcoming new movie Claude Akins plays is Seasons of the Heart which will be released on Aug 05, 1993.
Broad-shouldered and beefy Claude Akins had wavy black hair, a deep booming voice and was equally adept at playing sneering cowardly villains as he was at portraying hard-nosed cops. The son of a police officer, Akins never seemed short of work and appeared in nearly 100 films and 180+ TV episodes in a career spanning over 40 years. He originally attended Northwestern University, and went on to serve with the US Army Signal Corps in World War II in Burma and the Phillipines. Upon returning, he reignited his interest in art and drama and first appeared in front of the camera in 1953 in Tant qu'il y aura des hommes (1953). He quickly began notching up roles in such TV shows as Badge 714 (1951), Mon amie Flicka (1955), Gunsmoke (1955) and Zane Grey Theatre (1956). He also turned in several strong cinematic performances, such as gunfighter Joe Burdette in the landmark western Rio Bravo (1959), Mack in the excellent La chaîne (1958), Sgt. Kolwicz in Les maraudeurs attaquent (1962) and Earl Sylvester in the gripping À bout portant (1964). In the early 1970s Akins turned up in several supernatural TV films playing "no-nonsense" sheriffs in both The Night Stalker (1972) and The Norliss Tapes (1973), and was unrecognizable underneath his simian make-up as war-mongering Gen. Aldo in La bataille de la planète des singes (1973). Akins continued starring in films and TV right up until the time of his death from cancer in 1994. By all reports a very gregarious, likable and friendly person off screen, Akins was married for over 40 years to Theresa "Pie" Fairfield, and had three children, Claude Marion Jr., Michele & Wendy.
Birthday
May 25, 1926Place of Birth
Nelson, Georgia, USA
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